Ke Xue: My standards for dating are not problematic!

Chapter 123 Eri, Yukiko, and Ran, Sleeping Together Under the Same Blanket

"okay."

Conan nodded, and while cleaning Ran's wounds, he explained the whole story.

After Kitahara Natsuhiro and Yukiko heard the whole story, they both looked at Kogoro Mouri behind them and shouted in unison.

"Scumbag!"

Although Kitahara Natsuhiro is also a scumbag, that doesn't stop him from calling Mouri Kogoro a scumbag.

After all, people are hypocritical, and he is no exception.

Conan, who was standing nearby, also looked at the unconscious Kogoro Mouri and cursed inwardly: "Scumbag."

If it weren't for him, things wouldn't have gotten so bad.

However, since he lives here, it's best not to curse him to his face. Just curse him in your heart to vent your anger for Xiaolan.

"What should we do now?"

Yukiko glanced at Ran, who had closed herself off, then turned to look at Kitahara Natsuhiro.

She was at her wit's end; no matter how she spoke to Xiaolan, she received no response.

It seems that Kogoro Mouri's incident has become the last straw for Ran.

She was on the verge of a complete breakdown.

"There's a way."

Kitahara Natsuyu squatted down, looked directly into Ran's eyes, stared for a few seconds, and then couldn't help but sigh.

Xiaolan's heart is in a very complicated state right now, even mixed with regret and remorse.

He probably regretted answering that phone call and inviting his mother to dinner here today.

If it weren't for that, this might not have happened.

Moreover, the feeling of powerlessness and frustration from ten years of hard work turning into nothing is something most people cannot accept.

All of these factors have led to Xiaolan becoming the way she is.

Her heart is like a ball of yarn that's been carelessly tangled up; it's impossible to untangle or straighten it out.

However, Xiaolan should have anticipated this outcome, after all, she knew all too well what kind of person her father was.

She's acting this way because she can't see things clearly and thinks she's the one who should be responsible for their potential divorce.

That's why it turned out this way.

They closed themselves off and refused to engage with the outside world.

To this, Kitahara Natsuyu can only say: Girl, you're overthinking it. With Kogoro Mouri's demeanor, divorce was inevitable. You just gave it a push.

But Xiaolan doesn't think so.

But it's not a big problem; he can handle it.

"I have two options now."

"Two options?!"

Yukiko and Conan exchanged a glance.

We were all at a loss, but you actually had two solutions! That's amazing!

“That’s right.” Kitahara Natsuyu nodded. “There are two ways. The first way is to wake up Kogoro Mouri and then have Eri Kisaki come over so that the two of them can have a fight in front of Ran.”

"Give Xiaolan a little stimulation, and she'll wake up."

Using poison to fight poison is a good approach, especially in situations like this, where it can be surprisingly effective.

But if the effect is too good, it might make Xiaolan punch them a couple of times to make the world quiet, or it might make Xiaolan severely depressed.

It would be best not to use it.

Yukiko and Conan exchanged a glance, shook their heads, and decided to abandon this idea and move on to the next one.

"As for the second method, it is to let Xiaolan take a nap. After a nap, she will return to normal, but she will also feel guilty."

"Self-blame?" Yukiko was somewhat confused.

Conan, however, seemed to have noticed something and appeared to know the source of Ran's distress.

"Xiao Lan probably thinks that things have developed to this point because of her fault."

“If she hadn’t invited Aunt Yingli to dinner here, and hadn’t answered that phone call, none of this would have happened, and everything would have remained the same.”

However, Conan believes that this is not Ran's fault.

Even if Ran hadn't invited Eri Kisaki to answer Kogoro Mouri's call at that time, the two of them would still have eventually divorced.

During his time here, he has learned quite a bit about Uncle Mori.

Uncle Mori has been going out drinking and carousing more than once or twice, and sometimes he doesn't even come home at night.

Furthermore, the two had been separated for ten years, and the marriage had long been a sham, making divorce inevitable.

Xiaolan has no reason to blame herself.

But that's just Xiaolan's personality; she's always worried about others and can't stand being indifferent to things that don't concern her.

Kitahara Natsuhiro clapped his hands and pointed at Conan, saying, "That's right, that's exactly how it is."

"Xiaolan is too sentimental. There are some things that are beyond her control, but she insists on taking responsibility for them."

"In the end, I became physically and mentally exhausted, which is why I ended up like this."

"So a good night's sleep will solve most of the problem. The rest will require Attorney Fei and Xiao Lan to have a frank conversation between mother and daughter and say some heartfelt things."

Madara and Black Zetsu are truly heartfelt, but Eri and Ran don't.

"I see." Yukiko nodded, but seeing Ran's condition, she sighed, "Then how do we get Ran to sleep? Are we going to give her sleeping pills?"

To be honest, she didn't know if the sleeping pills would work on Xiaolan.

Sleeping pills are not a cure-all; some people still can't fall asleep even after taking them.

Meanwhile, Conan was looking at his watch.

There's also an anesthetic needle in the watch. Today's dose hasn't been used yet, and there haven't been any major side effects. The only side effect is that if you use too much, you'll develop resistance to the anesthetic, and then regular anesthetics won't work, requiring you to increase the dosage.

However, this problem won't occur once or twice.

So he wanted to use this anesthetic to help Xiaolan get a good night's sleep.

However, he needed to get Kitahara Natsuyu out of the way. If he saw him, it would be troublesome. There were some things he couldn't tell him.

"old."

Just as Conan was about to have Yukiko find an excuse to send Kitahara Natsuhiro away, Kitahara Natsuhiro suddenly took out a pocket watch from his pocket and squatted down in front of Ran.

"Wen Dai, help me support Xiao Lan and let her look at this pocket watch," Kitahara Natsuyu said.

Sigh, is Kitahara-sensei planning to use hypnosis?
He knew about hypnosis; it was a technique that, through physical or verbal inducement or suggestion, could induce a sleep-like state in the brain.

But now that Xiaolan has closed herself off emotionally, is this really going to work?
Conan expressed his doubts.

"Hypnosis? You can do that too?" Yukiko raised an eyebrow.

She was extremely familiar with hypnosis and the like.

Her disguise technique teacher was none other than the famous first-generation Phantom Thief Kid, Toichi Kuroba.

Hypnosis is also one of his specialties.

However, she was only proficient in one skill: disguise. As for the voice-changing skill that came with disguise, she knew it, but she wasn't proficient. She could change her original voice for a short time or slightly, but she couldn't change her voice for a long time.

She didn't learn hypnosis.

Kitahara Natsuyu smiled and said, "I learned it when I had nothing to do before. A few times when I was jogging at night, I encountered some teenagers with ghost lights, so I did some experiments on them, and the results were pretty good."

He doesn't know any hypnotic techniques that use props to put people to sleep. What he knows is real hypnosis; the pocket watch is just a decoy.

If only Yukiko were here, he would tell her that Conan is still here.

Once this kid sets his sights on a target, he absolutely won't give up until he's thoroughly investigated.

To avoid getting entangled with this kid, I'd better keep pretending.

“That brat really deserves to be taught a lesson,” Yukiko agreed.

These guys are really annoying, making noise in the streets late at night and disturbing people's sleep. They should have been taught a lesson long ago.

Hey, is it really okay for you to talk about these illegal and criminal things in front of me, a righteous detective?

As for what Kitahara Natsuyu said, he had heard about it before. It was said that a mysterious guy would go and cause trouble for the Ghost Fire Boys in the middle of the night, and then those guys would faint and no one knew who attacked them.

So this person was my teacher! The case is solved!
However, Kitahara-sensei's fighting power is quite terrifying, and he has quite a few tricks up his sleeve.

Although it was a bit scary, Conan actually thought it was a good thing, at least he wouldn't have to shoot Ran with the tranquilizer dart and it wouldn't harm her body.

"Don't tell anyone, okay?" Kitahara Natsuhiro winked at Yukiko and Conan.

Yukiko and Conan nodded, promising not to tell anyone about it.

Then, Kitahara Natsuhiro turned to look at Ran, and the pocket watch in his hand dangled in front of her.

At the same time, hypnosis was quietly initiated.

However, this time the hypnosis didn't work immediately because he was holding back.

Generally, using hypnosis to force someone to fall asleep will have some minor side effects, such as headaches.

To avoid such aftereffects, he slowly increased his output to prevent harming Xiaolan.

Sigh, I'm really worried sick about Xiaolan.

However, Attorney Fei, please don't disappoint me at the dinner later.

A dozen seconds after the hypnosis was initiated, Xiaolan felt her eyelids become heavy, her eyes slowly closed, and her body slumped to the side.

Yukiko, who was prepared in advance, helped Ran up and let her lean against her.

The hypnosis was successful.

Conan was overjoyed and quite happy. As for what to do next, he called Eri over so that Ran could have a good heart-to-heart talk after she woke up.

That way, perhaps we can resolve Xiaolan's inner conflict.

“The first step was a success.” Kitahara Natsuyu stood up, took out his phone, and dialed a number: “Now it’s time for the second step.”

Conan and Yukiko held their breath and did not disturb Kitahara Natsuhiro's steps.

Toot toot.
After ringing for several seconds, the call was finally answered.

"Mr. Kitahara? Is there something you need?"

At that moment, Eri Kisaki was wearing a bathrobe, drying her wet hair as she answered the phone.

"Hmm," Kitahara Natsuyu hesitated for a few seconds before slowly saying, "Actually, it's not my problem, it's Ran's problem."

He then recounted the whole story to Eri Kisaki.

Upon hearing this, Eri Kisaki dropped the towel in her hand, her face filled with shock and regret.

"Xiao Lan"

“Attorney Fei, don’t worry, Xiao Lan is asleep now, there’s nothing seriously wrong,” Kitahara Natsuyu said.

Hearing this, Eri Kisaki felt much more at ease, but she also knew that this matter was not so easy to resolve.

"However, although Xiaolan is asleep, her inner conflict has not yet been resolved."

“So we need Attorney Fei to come over and have a good talk with Xiaolan after she wakes up. We need to clarify things,” Kitahara Natsuyu said with a serious expression.

The one who tied the knot must untie it, and in this case, none other than Eri Kisaki can do it.

Upon hearing Kitahara Natsuyu's words, Eri Kisaki's face was filled with bitterness: "So this matter has caused Ran such a lot of trouble."

"I wish I had divorced ten years ago."

"A short pain is worse than a long one. Even if Xiaolan hates me, it doesn't have to escalate to this point."

"It's all my fault."

She was one of the culprits in this incident, and Kogoro Mouri was another.

But what's done is done, and there's no point in saying anything more. The most important thing now is to get Xiaolan back to normal.

"So, I'll be there in a bit, and I'll stay with Xiaolan during that time."

Although she still has many cases on her hands, she is willing to give up everything for Xiaolan.

“Alright, we’ll wait for Attorney Fei here. But don’t worry too much, Xiao Lan’s condition is still stable,” Kitahara Natsuyu instructed.

"Thank you, Mr. Kitahara."

Eri Kisaki didn't know what to say, so all she could say was thank you.

"You're welcome."

Kitahara Natsuhiro then hung up the phone.

"Hmm~"

"My neck."

Just then, Kogoro Mouri, who was lying on the sofa, suddenly regained consciousness and, in a daze, touched his neck.

Xiao Lan's karate chop still left him with many aftereffects.

“Mr. Mori, now is not the time for you to wake up. Go back to sleep.”

As he spoke, Kitahara Natsuyu approached Kogoro Mouri and gently pinched the back of his neck with his right hand.

Kogoro Mouri tilted his head to the side and fell back into a sleep like a baby.

Conan, who was standing nearby, twitched his cheek again upon seeing this.

Kitahara-sensei is so ruthless!
However, this is all your own doing, Uncle Mori!

"Alright, we've solved a big problem." Kitahara Natsuyu clapped his hands, came to Xiaolan's side, and picked her up from the sofa: "Let's go to Xiaolan's room first."

"Wen Dai, I'll trouble you to stay with Xiao Lan and her son today."

"Xiao Lan isn't the only one who might need psychological counseling; Attorney Fei might need it too."

He wasn't afraid of Eri getting a divorce, but rather that she would be indecisive and choose not to.

Doing that would only give Xiaolan hope, only to plunge her back into despair, which would make things even more complicated.

So let Yukiko whisper sweet nothings in her ear and whisper sweet nothings in her ear.

As for Kogoro Mouri and Eri Kisaki, you should just break up already. It's been dragging on for ten years already, don't drag it out any longer.

Continuing to drag this out will only cause Xiaolan to continue to get hurt, so it's better to end it all.

“Okay.” Yukiko did not refuse.

Ran was someone she had watched grow up, and Eri was her best friend, so she naturally couldn't stand idly by in this situation.

"As for Uncle Mori and Conan, you two can sleep at my place tonight."

“Give Xiaolan and the others some space,” Kitahara Natsuyu said.

"Okay, Kitahara-sensei."

Conan found this arrangement meaningless; on the contrary, he thought it was very well-arranged and made him feel very relaxed.

Is this the difference between teammates?
(End of this chapter)